island of HOLBOX  - "EXcLUSIVe"

  • Enjoy and relax with the ultimate Caribbean feeling in our exclusive beach club on a white, sandy beach
  • kids 12 years up and adults golf car                                           190 USD / 170 EUR
  • kids 0 to 3 years golf car                                                                       45 USD / 40 EUR
  • kids 4 to 11 years golf car                                                                140 USD / 125 EUR
  • kids 12 years up and adults horseback riding                        210 USD / 190 EUR + 7 USD / 6 EUR environmental taxes
  • kids 6 to 11 years horseback riding                                            180 USD / 160 EUR + 7 USD / 6 EUR environmental taxes
  • day trip according to the listed program
  • personally guided by Santi Tour ( Except the Horseback riding)
  • pick up from your hotel or meeting point
  • transfer with a certified driver in a comfortable, fully insured, and air-conditioned minivan
  • tour guide in English
  • fresh whole-grain breakfast bun "Santini" in the bus (no coffee or tea included)
  • cold drinks (soft drinks, water, and premium beer)
  • tourist fees 
  • boat trip to Passion Island to watch out for different bird species (Flamingos, Herons, Pelicans, etc. depending on the season) and afterwards to the island of Holbox
  • free time at a dream beach to relax, swim, take pictures, etc.
  • Option 1: approx.1 hour golf car tour around the island (only possible in good weather conditions)
  • Option 2: About 1,5 hours horseback ride around the island (depending on ability and weather conditions)
  • starter, lunch and 3 cocktails
  • 1 Tequila Shot
  • photo shootings
  • highway toll fees
  • parking fees / tolls
  • return to your hotel lobby or meeting point
  • all photos / videos of this tour are free of charge as a gift from us! 
  • minimum participants: 8 people
  • maximum participants: 15 people
  • duration: approximately 13 hours
  • difficulty: easy
  • age recommendation: 0 to 80 years
  • information about country and people
  • nature & animals
  • Mexican food & cocktails
  • swimming & relaxing
  • You will be driving around the Island for about 1 hour with a golf cart to get an impression of this small Caribbean world. Our path leads past white sand dunes in the turquoise/ light green sea, thatched roof hotels, and colorful beach bars. We will make some photo stops and capture these wonderful impressions forever. You do not need a driver's license, just lots of fun! 4 people may share a golf car and if you want, feel free to drive also!
  • Those who prefer to explore part of the island riding on the back of a horse can do so on an about 1,5 hour ride. Riding a horse between the mangroves and in the sandy beach is definitely a unique experience. If you are a beginner, don't worry, our experts are more than happy to help you. We adjust ourselves to the skills and experience of everyone, your experience should be an unforgettable moment. Do not forget to bring your camera or cell phones, the view is indescribable! There is a maximum of 6 horses!
  • We will start early to enjoy the nature and beauty of this small Caribbean island and spend an unforgettable day in Mexico's little paradise. The island Holbox (pronounced Holbosch), located north-west of Cancun is only 42 km long and 2 km wide and still quite original with many colorful shops, cafes, tiny little restaurants and Caribbean bars. Here, the Gulf of Mexico meets the Caribbean and draws the colors of the sea in a variety of shades of turquoise. Our day starts with a ride in a very comfortable van ( with a maximum of 16 people) to Holbox, in the port of Chiquila a small motorboat will be waiting for us. The first part of our program begins with a visit to Passion Island, there we can admire the bird life (Pelicans, Cormorants, Herons, Frigates, Ospreys and most of the time Flamingos in their natural habitat. Also, with a little bit of luck Dolphins). The view is uniquely beautiful!
  • After Passion Island, we drive about 10 minutes with our motorboat to the main Island, here our tour guides will explain you some things about Mexico and the Holbox center. Now we leave for our Golf Car or horseback riding tour
  • After we finish all our activities, we are going to enjoy the best that our beach club has to offer. The beach restaurant has a direct view where we can enjoy a long and gently sloping sandy beach. Have a drink or a cocktail and relax in the water, immerse yourself into a completely different world. Now that you have free time, enjoy a walk on the sandbanks with your feet in the waves or the sand. We will take beautiful photos of you and yours, so you can focus in enjoying your time together, making memories. Optional sun beds close to the water are available if you want to add more luxury into your trip
  • Finally, we will have lunch together. With our feet in the sand and a cocktail in our hand, a beer or a soft drink. We will have plenty of free time to enjoy the shallow and often bath warm water. Take a rest, a siesta, a nap, or a meditation in the shadow of our beach club. Experience this unique island feeling with us! 
  • We start our day with a beautiful ride to passion island and afterwards to the main island of Holbox. Enjoy this little paradise and if we are lucky, we also see flamingos, pelicans, cormorants, eagles, stingrays and sometimes dolphins
  • We reach Holbox island early and take our first pictures by the colorful Holbox sign. We walk through the streets to the center with it's colorful houses, bars and restaurants. Hear lots of information about the island, the inhabitants and the history of Holbox. Don't miss your cameras! 
  • A day with the ultimate beach feeling! White and sandy beaches, sandbanks and turquoise water makes you feel like never going back anymore! 
  • Our very exclusive beach club is one of the top locations on the island. Only daily and hotel guests and us as a small group are welcome here. We have a nice big table for lunch and we can use the sunbeds to relax whenever they are available. But most of the time be sure you will spend in the water. (The pool and sunbeds by the beach are only for hotel guests) 
  • In the beach club you will enjoy Mexican food - different starters and main course with side dishes of your choice.  We serve fresh made fruit cocktails with or without alcohol and a big, cold Tequila shot for everybody who likes. We also have our cooling box with water, soft drinks and premium beer. Salud!
  • In the water, in the beach club, on our golf cart tour or by the beach - we will have our little exclusive foto shootings und you will get all pictures and videos for free after the tour! 
  • If available you can borrow the beach club owned kayaks and enjoy a little bit the time on water. Please don't forget, maybe other guest want to use them too :-)

 

  • Personal expenses (souvenirs, restroom, etc.) Please have small change in MXN or USD
  • Coffee or tea at the coffee stop
  • More drinks or food in the beach club
  • Tipps for the SANTI guide and the driver
  • Tipps for the guide at horseback riding and the waiter
  • environmental tax for horseback riding (6 Euro / 7 USD)
  • photo packages cost lots of money in Mexico - you can spend easily 100 to 200 USD and what you get are around 20 pictures of the whole group
  • with SANTI TOUR you will get a big picture (and sometimes also video) package with sometimes 100 to 600 photos - depending the tour and our guest. In the tours Holbox EXCLUSIVE and BACALAR EXCLUSIVE we implement little photo shoot  with you
  • Please note, we are no professional photographers and we do our best to get beautiful pictures. Normally tour guides never take photos
  • We normally take our photos with cellphones, as we are not allowed to uses cameras in lots of places like temples and ruins. As tour guides it is officially forbidden to take pictures
  • attention: please do also take your own pictures and do not rely on us with all pictures - you will have you own ideas of photos and it also can be a damage on a cellphone or pictures. Please never forget, our photo package is additional and free - a gift from SANTI TOURS to you
  • some days after tour we upload all our material with a link in our WhatsApp group. You got time to download all photos and videos, also at home. The link and the group will be deleted after 4 weeks. Later it's not possible to get back any photos
  • The payment of our tours can be done in CASH the day of the tour. We accept US Dollars, Mexican Pesos, or Euro (at the current daily exchange rate). It is not possible to pay with credit card or bank transfer
  • We ask for your understanding, just for the fairness of the other guests, we cannot drive to any banks or ATMs to exchange or withdraw money
  • Pick up at the lobbies of all hotels from Iberostar Paraiso via Playa del Carmen to Grand Bahia Principe
  • Please let us know before booking about the location or name of your hotel
  • Hotels in Tulum, Cancun, Puerto Morelos, as well as between Puerto Morelos and Iberostar Paraiso : Pick up or meeting point will be arranged at the time of your booking
  • The transfer to Playa del Carmen (with the Colectivo minivans) can be done by any person staying at any hotel from Cancun or Tulum for about 2 to 3 USD. Very easy, safe, and inexpensive. The white Colectivo minivans begin to transit around 5 am in different directions and pass by every 5 to 10 minutes towards Playa del Carmen
  • The driving time to the port of Chiquila is approximately 2 hours from the center of Playa del Carmen (depending on traffic and without hotel pick ups). Please note this with your tour planning
  • we are no longer allowed to go in the water with the horses - these are government restrictions
  • the tour starts in the morning so the horses never have to suffer the heat of the midday
  • the tour is suitable for advanced riders but also for beginners, no riding knowledge required!
  • In mixed groups of riders (beginners and experts), we adjust the speed of the group
  • we try to allow experts to gallop sometimes, but it is not guaranteed due to the group composition
  • we are going through the island to the beach. The center is not included
  • horses are Mexican bred. They are in good condition, healthy, well cared, but they cannot be compared to a European or American stable horse
  • horses have a long rest between the morning and the afternoon tour for regeneration
  • we ride with western saddle and bridle
  • there may be a waiting time for the horses (changing clothes, spraying, instruction, allocation of horses, etc)
  • please wear long pants (to protect against saddle and stirrups) and use bug spray! Horses will be ridden without a helmet
  • bags and clothes can be stored in the stable where you also can change clothes. We assume no liability for loss of bags or clothing. Bring a small backpack which is easy to carry (large bags are prohibited on the horses) 
  • we kindly ask you to protect our reefs, cenotes and animals by avoiding sunscreen. They have a big impact of the damage of nature, even if it's biodegradable. Please use special Lycra shirts with UV protection instead
  • tour is also suitable for children! Please bring swimming aids!
  • we can use sun loungers if available in the Beach Club. No guarantee!
  • additional drinks or food in the the Beach Club has to be paid on your own 
  • This tour is a full day tour! It begins between 5 am to 6 am, the return to Playa del Carmen is around 6 pm to 7 pm  (depending on traffic, weather, events, etc.). However, we cannot guarantee this
  • Bikini / swimming trunks
  • sandals
  • towel
  • hat/cap
  • sunscreen lotion ( better UV shirts) 
  • bug repellent 
  • camera / cellphone 
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